Deputy Presidency Council (PC) leader Ahmed Maetig has announced that he is taking control of the inquiry into allegations that illegal migrants have been sold at auctions as slaves. In a statement, he says the investigation will lead to the arrest of those involved and of them being brought to justice.
The Libyan Foreign Ministry announced Monday that Delegation of the European Union to Libya will soon resume work from Tripoli after over three years since it had left following the clashes in the capital in 2014.
The Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sirraj held a meeting Tuesday morning in Tripoli to review the aftermath of the airstrikes on Derna.
The Head of the UNSMIL Ghassan Salame arrived Tuesday morning in Tripoli and met with the Foreign Minister of the UN-backed Government of National Accord Mohammed Sayala and other officials.
Controversial as it is, the issue of granting Libyan diplomatic passport to the spouse of the Vice-President of the Libyan Arab Foreign Bank, Falak Jmeel Ali Al-Assad, who is the cousin of Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad, has been the talk of the town for the last few days.
Arab foreign ministers have called for the UN freeze on Libyan assets abroad to be lifted. Making the call at the Arab League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo yesterday, they said that access to the money was needed by the Presidency Council (PC) to fund services needed by the Libyan …
The Supreme Court in Libya annulled a previous verdict that suspended the implementation of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) that was signed between Libya’s UN-proposed Presidential Council and Italy.
The foreign ministry of so-called the interim government in east Libya has closed down the Sudanese consulate in Kufra, southeastern Libya, and ordered the diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours.
A UN report has concluded that ‘‘a variety of sources of funding are available to (Libyan) armed groups’’, assessing that there are ‘‘four important sources of funding: fuel smuggling, trafficking in persons, interference with institutions and the local arms trade. Previous findings on income from other criminal activities and State …
Libyan army spokesman Colonel Ahmed al-Mesmari revealed on Wednesday night documents showing Qatar’s interference in Libya.
